It annoys me when people bitch about how "the media"--books, TV, movies--don't portray the sort of characters they feel ought to be portrayed. Specifically when they mention specific creators or companies--Pixar always focuses on male-identified characters, a Disney character can only be a princess, etc. One of the big reasons for this is that, so often, when people TRY to do this, it ends up amazingly transparent--and you don't have a multi-ethnic, equal-in-gender, equal-in-ability cast, you've... read more
